State Legislative History Research Guides and State Legislatures on the Web

Compiled by Jennifer Bryan, Documents Librarian,
Indiana University Law Library - Bloomington

State	Legislature Web Site	Legislative Research Guides & Sources
Alabama	http://www.legislature.state.al.us	None available
Alaska	http://www.legis.state.ak.us	Legislative Research Services http://www.legis.state.ak.us/research/home.htm
Arizona	http://www.azleg.state.az.us	Arizona Legislative History: A Research Guide http://www.lawlib.asu.edu/Tutorials/AzLeg/Page1/ Arizona Legislative History: a Step-by-step Research Guide http://www.law.arizona.edu/Library/LibraryInternet/library_info/library_publications/az_leg_history_guide.htm Arizona State Library, Archives & Public Records http://www.lib.az.us/
Arkansas	http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us	Arkansas Legislative History Research Guide (SWALL Bulletin) Arkansas State Library http://www.asl.lib.ar.us/
California	http://www.leginfo.ca.gov	California Legislative History http://www.acusd.edu/lrc/gs-3.shtml California Legislative History http://internet.ggu.edu/law_library/gde2b.htm California Legislative History http://www.law.ucla.edu/Library/ResearchTools/guides/GuideC1.pdf Compiling a California Legislative History http://www.uchastings.edu/library/guide/calleghist.htm Electronic Sources of California Legislative History http://www.law.berkeley.edu/library/services/calelectronic.html Finding California Legislative History: Guide and Checklist http://www.usfca.edu/law_library/calleg.html Guide to California Legislative History http://lalaw.lib.ca.us/calleghist.html A Guide to Finding California Legislative History http://www.law.berkeley.edu/library/services/callegis.htm How to Find Pending Legislation: California and Federal http://www.acusd.edu/lrc//gs-20.html Legislative History Clearinghouse http://lhclearinghouse.com/ Research & Practice Guide: California Legislative History and Intent http://www.lrihistory.com/seminar.html WordPerfect File -- California Legislative History Sources.wpd
Colorado	http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/stateleg.html	Colorado Legislative History http://www.law.du.edu/library/libinfo/reference/handouts/34colorado%20legislativehistory.pdf Colorado Virtual Library http://www.aclin.org/ Legislative History Resources http://www.archives.state.co.us/legis.html Researching Colorado Statutes http://web.uccs.edu/library/handouts/colostatutes.htm
Connecticut	http://www.cga.state.ct.us	Connecticut Legislative History http://www.law.uconn.edu/library/clipper/guides/ctleghist.pdf Guide to Connecticut Legislative History http://www.cslib.org/leghis.asp How to Compile Connecticut Legislative Histories... http://www.jud.state.ct.us/LawLib/Notebooks/HowTo/CompileLegislativeHistories/cgaleghist.htm http://sites.netscape.net/larrycheeseman/cgaleghist.htm Research Guide: Legislative History Connecticut http://www.lib.uconn.edu/storrs/legisat.pdf
Delaware	http://aosta.state.de.us/Legislature.nsf/?Opendatabase	Compiling a Delaware Legislative History http://www.law.widener.edu/Law-Library/pages/del_hist.htm
Florida	http://www.leg.state.fl.us	Documenting Florida Legislative Intent http://library.ucf.edu/GovDocs/training/flaleghist.htm Florida Legislative History Research http://library.law.miami.edu/flaleghistguide.html Guide to Florida Legislative History http://www.law.ufl.edu/lic/guides/florida/legislative_history.shtml Legislative Research at the Florida State Archives http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/barm/fsa/legislativeresearch.htm
Georgia	http://www.state.ga.us/services/leg	Locating Georgia Legislative Material http://law.gsu.edu/lawlibrary/esearch/Georgia/GALegislativeMaterial.htm
Hawaii	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov	How to Research Constitutional, Legislative, and Statutory History in Hawaii http://www.state.hi.us/lrb/how2/how2.pdf
Idaho	http://www.idwr.state.id.us/legislat/idstat.html
Illinois	http://www.legis.state.il.us	How to Research an Illinois Legislative History http://www.state.il.us/court/SupremeCourt/Library_Research.htm Illinois Legislative Histories http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/documents/resources/docguides/illleghis.shtml Illinois Legislative History http://law.wustl.edu/Infores/Library/Guides/illinois%20legislative%20history.html Illinois Legislative History http://www.law.uiuc.edu/library/home/libguide/refserv/leghistory.htm Illinois Legislative History http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/godort/state/illilegi.txt Illinois Legislative History Sources http://www.law.northwestern.edu/lawlibrary/research/govt/illegis.htm Legislation FAQs http://www.illinoisbar.org/faq/legislationfaq.html Researching Legislative History http://www.legis.state.il.us:80/commission/lrb/lrbres.htm Tracing Legislation in Illinois: A Guide to Selected Sources http://www.library.siue.edu/lib/info/guides/legislation.html
Indiana	http://www.state.in.us/legislative	Legislative Research: Where to Locate Indiana Legislative History Sources http://www.law.indiana.edu/lib/netres/govt/inleghis.pdf Locating State Legislative Histories http://www.iulaw.indy.indiana.edu/library/State_Leghist.htm Policy Making in Indiana: Processes and Sources http://www.lib.ipfw.edu/guides/subject_pathfinders/indiana_policy_process.html
Iowa	http://www.legis.state.ia.us
Kansas	http://www.ink.org/public/legislative/main.html	Kansas Legislative Research http://www.washlaw.edu/reflaw/ref-5.html Kansas Statutory Interpretation http://www.law.ku.edu/library/kstat_res.html
Kentucky	http://www.lrc.state.ky.us	How do I find the legislative history of a Kentucky statute? (University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law Library) Tracing Legislative History (Kentucky Legislature)
Louisiana	http://www.legis.state.la.us	Louisiana Legislative History (Law Library of Louisiana) Legislative History Research (Louisiana State University)
Maine	http://janus.state.me.us/legis	Compiling a Maine Legislative History (University of Maine School of Law) Maine Legislative History (Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library)
Maryland	http://mlis.state.md.us	Ghost Hunting: Searching for Maryland Legislative History (Maryland State Law Library)
Massachusetts	http://www.state.ma.us/legis	How to Trace a Massachusetts Legislative History (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) Legislative History: What? and Why? (New England School of Law) Massachusetts Legal Research--Legislative History (Harvard Law School Library) Massachusetts Legislative History (State Library of Massachusetts) Massachusetts Legislative History (Commonwealth of Massachusetts) Massachusetts Legislative History: Resources and Research Steps (New England School of Law)
Michigan	http://www.michiganlegislature.org	Michigan Legislative Histories (Wayne State University Arthur Neef Law Library) Michigan Legislative Histories (University of Michigan Documents Center) Sources of Michigan Legislative History (Michigan State University Libraries) Sources of Michigan Legislative History (Library of Michigan) Sources of Michigan Legislative History (from Michigan Manual 1999-2000) (Michigan Legislature)
Minnesota	http://www.leg.state.mn.us
Mississippi	http://www.ls.state.ms.us
Missouri	http://www.moga.state.mo.us
Montana	http://leg.state.mt.us
Nebraska	http://www.unicam.state.ne.us
Nevada	http://www.leg.state.nv.us
New Hampshire	http://www.state.nh.us/gencourt
New Jersey	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us
New Mexico	http://legis.state.nm.us
New York (General Assembly)	http://assembly.state.ny.us
New York (Senate)	http://www.senate.state.ny.us
North Carolina	http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
North Dakota	http://www.state.nd.us/lr
Ohio	http://www.legislature.state.oh.us
Oklahoma	http://www.lsb.state.ok.us
Oregon	http://www.leg.state.or.us/billsset.htm
Pennsylvania	http://www.legis.state.pa.us
Rhode Island	http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
South Carolina	http://www.scstatehouse.net
South Dakota	http://legis.state.sd.us/index.cfm
Tennessee	http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
Texas	http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/capitol.htm
Utah	http://www.le.state.ut.us
Vermont	http://www.leg.state.vt.us
Virginia	http://legis.state.va.us
Washington	http://www.leg.wa.gov/wsladm/default.htm
West Virginia	http://www.legis.state.wv.us
Wisconsin	http://www.legis.state.wi.us
Wyoming	http://legisweb.state.wy.us

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